The first time I met you,
seems like you can see my soul through.
For every trivial detail,
why can you see it?
Before I met you,
I've never thought about what love is.
Wondering if you feel the same?
You come to me like wind,
taking me away from the crowds
to touch the blue sky.
If you're tender wind,
please take me to the sky,
hand in hand, till we see all the scenery again.
Till we see all the scenery.
Someday, maybe the wind stops.
If possible,
I hope we can meet
in the same place.
Regardless of the weather,
cloudy, rainy or sunny,
we breathe the same air.
Do you also
keep the original intention
and still like staring at stars?
If you're tender wind,
take me as your wind chimes,
everyday, ringing happily.
My Mowgli Boy
Episode 41
Mrs. Wen!
Let's have a chat.
Allergies.
So I see.
Mrs. Wen,
I know that
you feel resentment towards me.
Maybe you should tell me off, to my face,
as long as it makes you feel better.
It beats avoiding me at every turn.
That's not true.
I know that what happened between you and Yu
was his own fault.
There's no one else to blame.
I'm the one who didn't take proper care of him.
I don't know.
How could I have the nerve
to face anyone?
So that's the reason you've been
keeping your distance from my dad?
Mrs. Wen,
you know, Ling Yu is already 30 years old.
He's long since been a grown adult.
It's not your fault that you can't be there
to change his diapers for him.
Whatever he does,
if it gets him into trouble,
that's his own fault.
Have I said something wrong?
No.
I really don't know
when he became like this.
He used to be such a good boy.
He never objected to anything I said.
I remember that,
when I'd just joined your family,
I had him focus on sitting his tests,
and that could make your dad happy.
He'd spend all day indoors, and wouldn't even eat,
dedicating all his energy to studying at home.
But I don't know where
that well-behaved Yu went.
Have you ever considered
the possibility that he was never really well-behaved,
and that he only behaved well to hide himself
away from other people?
Perhaps,
with this family,
he just achieved his final goal.
I really don't quite understand him
or how he feels.
How could he and Gao Jie
become this way?
They started sleeping in separate beds just after getting married.
He arrives home so late every night.
I never even noticed.
Tell me,
am I fit to be a mother?
That's not it.
Don't let your thoughts run wild.
Even if you'd asked him
what he was planning,
he wouldn't tell you.
Even if you tell him that he can't do what he's doing,
that can't stop him.
I keep thinking
that, if I live my life well,
I can forget everything that happened in the past.
But,
Yu is too much like his father.
They're both so careless with their feelings.
I don't know if I'll be able to
face him in the future.
Then just don't face him.
Don't face him.
The two of us
need to happily
let go of our feelings now,
and forget about that stuff.
Thank you, Ling Xi.
Don't worry about it.
You have me here with you.
You have a clear conscience.
Doesn't that make everything OK?
My dad said so.
You have a clear conscience.
You can release yourself from all the burdens you've been carrying.
I trust you.
So long as you trust him,
that amounts to
me trusting your dad.
What do you mean by "amounts to?"
Put simply,
so long as you say you can trust him,
I'll trust you.
Anyway,
the problem's now resolved.
But I'm wondering
who exactly was the one that
made this nonsense up?
When I find him,
I'll drag him out from hiding
and sear him.
Sear him?
That's not right.
Searing is a wonderful cooking method.
For example,
you sear cod,
you sear sole fish,
you sear steak.
How could you deal with such a despicable thing, such a despicable person
with a method like that?
Then I'll just treat him like garbage.
Then throw him away far out at sea.
That won't do, that's bad for the environment.
So for this person,
we can only treat them like non-recyclable garbage.
That's more like it.
That's up to standard.
Mowgli, you're really quite demanding.
Now that my dad's problem has been resolved,
my workshop is about to open.
Everything feels so perfect.
By the way,
all the invitations I sent out
were made with recyclable paper.
Where's my reward?
OK, let me reward you.
What?
What's this?
Well, if you wear this on your hand,
it might transform into something else.
Alright.
If you won't put it on, I'll put it on for you.
OK?
What?
Why do you look so dumbfounded?
If you find this moving
and you want to cry or call out,
just go ahead.
But, don't forget,
your dad hasn't finished evaluating me yet.
If your dad finds out
that I've done this without consulting him first,
your normally reticent dad will have more than a few words for me.
No way!
What do you mean, no way?
I don't feel beautiful enough.
While I'm looking like this,
you propose to me.
No way.
You are beautiful as you are.
You have a real life Photoshop filter on. You're really beautiful.
No, no way.
You can't propose to me now.
Wait until I've made myself beautiful and then propose.
Why?
The first two times I proposed failed.
This time I've proposed naturally.
It's OK if it's natural, isn't it?
No, no way!
I want to be my most beautiful.
You're already very beautiful.
No way, I refuse.
If you beat the eggs like this you can steam them.
Is this right?
I'm so lucky.
Here? What about here?
Here, let me.
Hello?
I'm taking part in the environmental protection event.
I'm finally back!
Hello?
Dad, the ceremony's about to start.
I'm on my way.
Young designers, we're gathered
here today
to celebrate
the establishment of the online platform for young designers,
Rhino Territory.
I hereby congratulate
each young designer,
as well as Ms. Ling Xi
and all of our colleagues,
on behalf of
Mozi Capital.
Come in.
Mr. Ling,
there're a couple of urgent matters
I want to report to you.
Go ahead.
Before I say anything,
I must warn you that it's bad news.
Continue.
In the few days you were away,
the company seemed to have been operating normally.
But, just a couple days ago, I found out
that Wharf no longer has the practical rights
to several projects that were under my care.
That is to say,
during this time,
they were legally and secretly
transferred to another company.
Several people responsible for the projects
have gone with them.
What?
Except for Mr. Tan who knows nothing
and hasn't left the company,
every other executive
has left and taken their capital with them.
Have you investigated this properly?
What's going on?
My investigation uncovered a company
Aeolus Media Group.
It was them
who poached our projects and talent.
Exactly how many projects did they take?
Several of our major projects,
as well as the most important one,
the Senmu project,
are gone.
This means that
Wharf has been turned into a shell company.
What about your dad?
I haven't been able to get in touch with him
for several days.
Begin.
Welcome, everyone, to today's
opening ceremony for Rhino Territory.
In the future,
we'll design
products of better quality for everyone.
Now,
I'd like to invite Mr. Li from Mozi Capital
to cut the ribbon together with us.
Thank you.
Ready?
One, two, three.
That's it for the ribbon cutting.
Thank you, everyone.
Help me tend to the guests for a moment.
I'm going up to see my dad.
I'm a bit worried that he hasn't arrived yet.
You should stay here.
He's facing a serious problem upstairs.
What problem?
The Senmu project has been transferred
to people working at another company
called Aeolus Media Group.
The legal representative of this company
is Zheng Weijue.
Dad,
is it true about Mr. Zheng?
Even you've learned of it.
This isn't possible.
That's Mr. Zheng.
How could he do such a thing?
I don't believe it.
Has, has something happened to him?
I really can't believe
that he would do such a thing.
I want to figure this out too.
I'm going to see him now.
I'll go with you.
Mr. Zheng?
Find somewhere to sit down for a moment.
Me and Mr. Zheng are going to have a chat.
Do you remember
what this place is?
Yes.
The fur factory.
We made our first fortune
right here.
I know
what it is that you care about the most.
I admit that
I'm responsible for all of this.
No one forced me,
and I'm not in any trouble.
I felt feel that, after all these years,
I'm too tired.
I don't want to
play house with you anymore.
Why are you doing this?
Have I done something wrong?
Thirty-odd years ago,
you suddenly decided to do business.
You were still wet behind the ears back then.
You worked hard
with a few young employees,
and then this little factory
slowly turned into a big company.
You have said this much.
What does it have to do with today?
You've helped me in the past.
I'm very grateful for that.
But, over the years,
have I treated you poorly?
I want the company we started, Bozhong Trading.
Would you have given it to me?
It was everyone
who worked hard to make it happen.
But once something went wrong,
you uncompromisingly got rid of it.
Did you ever check in on anyone?
Did you listen to their advice?
OK.
Now, something's gone wrong with Wharf.
Do you want to get rid of Wharf too?
Mr. Zheng,
I think there might be a misunderstanding here.
My dad wouldn't do that.
Dad?
Is that
all you have to say?
This is your reasoning for obstructing me?
Didn't you get
what I had said?
There are many things
that don't have a simple explanation.
Some things just happen as a result of being dissatisfied time after time.
Is your grudge against me that heavy?
You've never considered
that this company was made by both of us.
I didn't mind being your subordinate,
being beneath you.
You arbitrarily acted tough but fair
in front of other people,
while I played the good guy,
dealing with all the negative feelings
for you and for the company.
Throughout the company's development,
when did you ever ask for my opinion?
When did you
ever listen to my advice?
If nothing had happened to Ling Yu,
you would have handed the company over to him.
Did you ever take what I thought into consideration?
I spent so many years fighting for you.
Did you think
I was going to go on
fighting for your son?
Sorry, but I won't.
Mr. Zheng,
it's not like that.
You know perfectly well
that you've been my father's only friend
for decades.
If you're saying that now
you want my dad to hand over responsibility of the company to you,
I'm sure
that he'd agree to that.
Ling Xi,
have you ever wondered
why, for you father's entire life,
that I've been his only friend?
Because I could tolerate it.
Because I was willing to be the peacekeeper
and not get in his way.
Because, when he was aggressive,
I could only compromise for the greater good.
Now,
I finally understand something.
You aren't my friend.
You're just the pressure
squeezing the breath out of me.
I had no idea
that this is how you felt about me.
You can believe that I'm deliberating hurting you
out of greed.
But, you know,
I'm old now.
Now,
the only thing I care about is my retirement
and my son.
The friendship between us
ends
today.
I wasn't sure if your reasoning just now
was sincere.
Since you've made up your mind,
then I have nothing to say.
I just hope that
you won't regret
what you've said today.
Because, there's nothing in the world
that cures regret.
Dad!
Mr. Zheng,
there's one thing I want to ask you.
For all these years,
when you told me how much you liked me,
that I was like your own daughter,
that you considered me your daughter-in-law,
was all that a lie?
You can view my concern for you
as a kind of inertia.
I understand.
From this day forward,
you're no longer my uncle.
Dad,
let's go.
Dad, what's wrong?
I didn't expect that, after 30 years,
I'd still be fighting alone.
You still have me,
dad.
The subscriber you have dialed is not answering.
What's the situation?
What did Mr. Zheng say?
How's your dad?
I so missed you.
Hold me, please.
Are you feeling better now?
A little bit.
I was forcing myself as I was sending my dad home just now.
After sending him home,
I just fell apart.
In fact, why am I so upset?
I feel like this has upset me
even more than when I was hurt by Zheng Li.
He was always so good to me.
I even felt like he treated me better than dad did.
How could he, all of a sudden,
change like that?
Maybe you've set your expectations too high.
There are many things
that might have already changed
without your knowledge
or awareness.
Some of the dissatisfaction and resentment of today
has come about over time.
Why is what you've said the same as what Uncle...
What you've said is the same as what that person said?
Why?
Are you scared
that you won't have the chance to call him "uncle" again?
Or, is it that you don't want to?
Do you think this means
I won't be able to see
Mrs. Li Shan or Zheng Li again?
They're like family to me.
Did you think
our fate will be to never meet again?
Fate is just a word used
to explain
the occurrence of certain probabilistic events.
When it comes to a good thing,
you'll say
it's fate.
When it comes to a bad thing,
you'll say
that it's your lot.
If I put it like that,
does that make it easier for you to accept?
Is it not like that?
These words are all used
to comfort ourselves.
For example,
that I could meet you
had a 100% probability.
Because you are, in fact, by my side.
If the particulars about
Zheng Weijue's dissatisfaction
were discovered by you in your daily lives,
then his betrayal
simply wouldn't have surprised you.
These things
have already actually happened,
so the only thing you can do
is accept them.
Why are you becoming more like Lu Ziyue
the more you stay with him?
What?
You are.
Actually, I understand
that I now I have to let it go,
but at the same time I feel like I can't. It's hard.
When I think back on it now,
thinking back on
particular things about them,
they simply didn't occur to me.
Maybe I didn't understand them
all that well, after all.
You know,
there's no way to force a person
to feel what you feel.
Even if you understand their suffering
and understand what they've been through,
you can never understand what's going on in their mind.
Then, what about you?
Am I unable to know
what's going on in your mind?
Why would you want to understand me?
You only need to know
that you're the person I love.
You're both here.
Are you OK?
Never mind us.
Why do you two look
so dispirited?
Didn't you find any loopholes?
I've gone over the information left on Wharf
over and over.
I haven't found so much as a trace.
I've compared all the related cases.
The lawsuits were all thrown out.
It shows Zheng Weijue
has completely hollowed Wharf out.
It's difficult for us to track.
That's the kind of person Zheng Weijue is.
It seems my dad has been defeated.
Actually,
I have even worse news.
What is it?
I've already been through the worst.
Whatever this is won't scare me.
Zheng Weijue took
Wharf's most profitable cases.
All he left behind were
some complicated and unclosed, small cases.
To add to that, before he left,
he unilaterally defaulted on a lot of contracts
with first parties,
leaving behind a lot of letters of defaults
from the businesses' lawyers.
We've added it up.
It really isn't a small sum.
By the looks of things, it's a shambles.
Don't bother.
There's nothing worth reading here.
No, I want to take a look.
If it really is Wharf's problem,
we'll pay for the defaulted contracts.
If my dad can't afford to,
I'll help him.
So long as my dad still wants to keep this company going,
I will support him.
Is there any even worse news than this?
I suppose that's the last of it.
You know, Ling Xi, this place
really has bad Feng Shui.
Ever since we moved in,
the bad news just keeps piling up.
Even my parents have been affected.
What next, are even my pets
and relatives going to suffer?
What's wrong with your parents?
Has something gone wrong with the rescued animals again?
I don't want to talk about it.
Do you think
Chu Shi
saw through all this in the beginning,
so she chose to go stay in the forest in the first place instead,
and was unwilling to come here?
When will our luck
be able to reverse?
Your mom and dad look so spirited!
We should take a photo like this too.
Something's wrong with the river water.
I've followed the volunteer group
to the forest here.
The air and water here are great,
and my mood's improving as a result.
Guess who I ran into?
But I don't seem to be accustomed to the climate here.
I've got zits all over my face.
Don't dislike me for it!
Where exactly are you?
Why haven't you even sent a message to us?
Family is family.
There's nothing we can't get through.
Come home and apologize to your father.
Admit that you did wrong.
He will forgive you.
Yu,
the situation at home is very bad.
Are you really not coming home to help out?
Mrs. Wen. Mrs. Wen.
Get this list sorted.
Cut this part off. OK.
Miss. Ling,
I need you to confirm this here.
It's all been sorted, right?
What's the situation with that contract?
Both contracts have problems.
Neither consents, right?
The compensation's a problem?
Yes.
Li Kai,
how are those three contracts?
They're fine.
They're all fine.
These businesses have agreed
to the compensation scheme.
They can be processed over the next couple days.
These two,
just have a problem with the compensation.
I don't think it'll be difficult to resolve.
I will agree
to all reasonable terms.
For the unreasonable,
ask for Tang Cheng's help in negotiating.
OK.
This office is like a house without a woman
with no one to clean it.
You can't keep this up.
Go home and get some rest.
Look at you.
If you keep this up you'll start looking like you live in the jungle.
After a short time,
Mrs. Wen won't be able to recognize you.
She'll be wondering who the thief that broke in is.
Yeah.
You've gone so many days without eating.
If you keep it up,
you'll need refuge from the starvation.
Speak of the devil.
Here,
look, look at this stuff piled up.
Come, let's sort it out. I'll do it.
Put the garbage in here.
You haven't been home for so many days.
I bought you some food
and I cooked you a treat.
I've even brought you a towel and a razor.
Get your face washed
and give it a shave.
Both of you, stop.
While you're both here,
there's something we need to discuss.
What is it that's so serious?
Over the last couple days,
I've been appraising the company's debts,
as well as
the company's actual condition.
I've decided to end the company.
This time,
I haven't acted alone.
I've looked into it with some of the company's
older employees.
They feel bad about it too,
but we have to face the fact
that the company is a burden now.
I want to sell our house
to pay off the debt
and compensate the employees.
You two are part of this family.
Do you think I'm making the right decision?
Honey,
everything of this family's is yours.
We'll do whatever you decide to.
I've no objections.
What about you?
Me?
I'm your daughter, aren't I?
We make the same decisions.
Agreed.
You're taking this opportunity
to give yourself some praise, right?
Praising me, praising you,
it's the same thing, isn't it?
We're all the Ling family.
We're the same.
So, anyway.
I'll leave you two lovebirds alone.
I have some business to attend to.
I'll be going then.
Here,
eat.
We'll talk after we've eaten.
Xi,
do these files need to be sorted out?
Of course they do.
Please leave me alone.
I'm sorry.
I'm busy running around like a headless chicken
and didn't see you there.
Sorry.
The business in that new store you've opened
is doing well.
And, your office happens to be downstairs.
With you running up and down all the time,
you really are working hard.
I've brought you all something to eat.
Thank you.
I'd better get back to work.
They're all inside.
See you later.
I've found a new job.
Starting tomorrow,
I won't be coming.
Don't you need to tell Xi first,
so that she can sort your pay
for these couple days?
No.
Tutu, here, have some food.
Here. Thank you. Take it.
What are you doing here?
It seems you've done well for yourself
over all these years.
What are you doing here?
And, you're working for Ling Xi's company?
How can you be so calm?
Yu is here.
I came to see my son.
Why do you want to see him?
Why do you want to be so close to him?
Weren't you the one who abandoned us?
You abandoned us so many years ago,
what are you doing back here now?
Yu is my own son, after all.
Even if I acknowledge him,
it makes sense.
How dare you say that?
Did you meet him?
You acknowledge him.
No.
Good.
You really have some self-esteem.
You didn't acknowledge him.
So continue not to acknowledge him,
and get lost,
just like back then,
when you abandoned me and Yu
for that rich woman.
Go.
Look at me now.
Do I look rich to you?
Seeing me like this
must make you happy.
Nothing about you
makes me happy,
nor sad.
Because you're a cruel person.
You not only abandoned me and Yu,
you never even asked about your mother
who was lying ill
on her deathbed.
Her life ended in anger.
You becoming like this
serves you right.
What did you say?
On her deathbed,
she wanted to see you once more,
but she never did.
You're scum.
Mr. Mo.
-Mr. Mo. -Mr. Mo.
I have something urgent
to bring up with you.
You don't need to make a decision now.
But once you have the information,
you'll have the right to choose.
I have reason to suspect that
this river
has something to do with Ling Xi's allergy.
The cause of Ling Xi allergy is chromium.
If all of this is established,
then this river
has an excess of chromium.
How could something like that
be in a forest's river?
So, I checked the map.
The Senmu Resort?
Right.
There's a famous wildlife photographer
who found some diseased animals
in the wetlands.
The personnel who took part in the rescue
showed similar symptoms as Ling Xi.
The Senmu Resort
just happens to be upstream on this river.
You mean you suspect
the Senmu Resort of polluting the river?
This is all speculation.
Do you have any evidence?
I've sent someone to collect samples.
They're on their way to be inspected.
That means
you're still uncertain.
I'll have evidence sooner or later.
So I hope that you'll consider
the problem of this project's follow-up investment.
You mustn't be complicit.
The purpose of investment is to make money.
As for how far that goes,
I have my own considerations.
We'll discuss this after we have the results.
Is Ling Xi OK?
I heard she's been helping with Wharf's clean-up.
She's probably quite upset.
Maybe you should...
A person should spoil their girlfriend.
I can handle this matter fine.
Thank you.
Let's donate this quilt too.
I brought it with me
when we got married,
but barely used it.
Let's see.
How about
this case of clothes?
We can donate it along with this case.
Mrs. Wen,
although we're
practicing minimalism in moving out,
all this stuff is new.
We don't have to throw it all out.
Let's just keep it.
Mowgli will come up and help us out in a while.
I think
we should donate all of it.
The chances of wearing it later
will be small.
And, there's this stuff.
let's give it all to the new landlord.
It'd be a waste to take it with us.
Yeah, yeah.
Actually, these things
are like people.
If they're taken away from people who can appreciate them,
it doesn't matter how good they are.
They need to be in the company
of people who can appreciate them.
OK.
I understand what you're saying.
What?
Dad!
Ling Xi, what is it?
Did you buy this for me?
It was you, right?
I almost forgot about that.
You were in desperate need of money at the time.
I just wanted to see
what I could do to help out.
Now it's really going to prove useful.
You almost forgot?
You just like
being low-key and not showing off your wealth.
The next time you buy me something,
can you give some advanced notice first?
If you'd told me before hand,
I wouldn't have had to share a place with Tang Cheng,
eating the same thing every day.
That helped you build character.
Can someone explain to me
what exactly is going on?
Let me tell you,
what's going on
is that we don't have to live in a small apartment anymore.
We're moving into a bigger place.
That's wonderful!
We're going to live in a bigger apartment!
All right, all right.
Your husband bought it for me.
You bought a place
and you didn't tell me?
Look how happy you've made her.
I'll get that.
Sir, let me help you.
Take it easy, sir.
Are you all right?
Kid,
is there anything
you want to tell me?
Mr. Ling,
I've already proposed to Ling Xi.
Whatever I was like before,
in future,
when making a decision,
I won't make them the way I did before,
with so much hesitation.
I won't overthink things so much either.
Whether you object to our marriage or not,
I will
stand my ground.
I'm old
and tired.
Ling Xi's life
is for her to decide on.
All I can do is stand guard by her side.
Does that mean
you agree?
I'm not blind.
How could I object
after everything you've given recently?
At twenty to nineteen,
you stand across the road
in grey hooded coat reaching below the knees.
You come up to me,
with your head down and eyes narrowed.
With the sun behind you, you smile not saying a word.
The cool wind, the subtle night;
the tipsy street, the smiling eyes;
You tenderly hold my hands and look at me, blanking out.
At twenty to nineteen,
you stand across the road
in grey hooded coat reaching below the knees.
You come up to me,
with your head down and eyes narrowed.
With the sun behind you, you smile not saying a word.
The cool wind, the subtle night;
the tipsy street, the smiling eyes;
I slightly turn my head and look at you, blanking out.
The warm hands, the glimmering moon,
the dim light, and the tiny face.
You tenderly hold my hands and look at me, blanking out.